Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110145159 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REAL ESTATE AGENT TRACKING AND EXPERTISE DATA GENERATION - Disclosed herein is a real estate management application with a “property check-in” feature that enables the agent to automatically check-in at each property location. Subsequent to entering a given property, the agent selects the check-in feature in a mobile real estate service application, allowing the real estate service to determine a present geographic location of the agent. Using this, the service identifies an MLS location of the client and uses corresponding MLS information to update a tracking entry associated with the agent. In embodiments, the tracking entry enables the real estate service to maintain accurate expertise history for each agent. | 06-16-2011 |
20110184873 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSMITTING LOCATION BASED AGENT ALERTS IN A REAL ESTATE APPLICATION - Disclosed herein is a “location alert” feature of a real estate management application automatically identifies one or more of a real estate agent's clients that may be interested in receiving information related to a property that the agent is currently visiting. When the agent activates the location alert feature, a real estate service automatically captures information about the agent's current location, identifies potential clients that may be interested in the current location, and blasts out personalized alerts to the identified clients. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184875 | LEAD ALLOCATION IN REAL ESTATE APPLICATIONS USING DYNAMIC AGENT ALLOCATION WEIGHTAGES - An embodiment of lead allocation methodologies relates to dynamically assessing an allocation weightage of the real estate agents at the time an incoming client makes an agent request, and allocating an agent to the client based on a ranking of the allocation weightage. Each agent in a real estate service community comes with certain unique qualifications. Such qualifications could include expertise in specific factors. While some qualifications may stay constant, other qualifications, such as expertise, current client load, etc. vary with time and need to be periodically assessed. Additionally, the qualification of a given agent may also vary with respect to client characteristics. Accordingly, when a client makes a request for an agent, efficient lead allocation may be accomplished by dynamically assessing the status or qualifications of the agents at the time the request is made, and allocating the most qualified agent according to the dynamic assessment. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184876 | VIRTUAL BIDDING PLATFORM FOR LEAD ALLOCATION IN REAL ESTATE APPLICATIONS - In embodiments, the real estate service offers a virtual allocation platform to the real estate agents, allowing the agents to bid for an incoming client. In embodiments, the real estate service computes a ranking of the real estate agents and allows the real estate agents to bid for an incoming client. The real estate service evaluates a bid as a function of the allocation weightage (and corresponding ranking) of the agent and processes the bids in one of several ways. In some instances, the real estate service collects bids for a certain duration of time (e.g., 30 minutes after receiving the client request). The real estate service collects the bids and allocates the client to the bidder with the highest allocation weightage. In some instances, a tiered bidding system is utilized based on a ranking of the agents. | 07-28-2011 |
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20090066719 | IMAGE DITHERING BASED ON FAREY FRACTIONS - A method for image processing includes quantizing pixel values of the first digital image to form a sequence of quantized pixel values each having the second bit depth. The step of quantizing the pixel values generates a sequence of least significant bit groups, each of the least significant bit groups including one or more least significant bits removed from an associated pixel value of the first digital image, The method also includes converting at least some of the least significant bit groups to binary values, the conversion of each least significant bit group using a binary representation of a fraction proportional to a value of the one or more least significant bits from the least significant bit group and adding the binary values to the quantized pixel values to produce the processed digital image. | 03-12-2009 |
20100067088 | REDUCING SPECKLE PATTERN IN DISPLAY IMAGES - A display system includes a coherent light source that can emit a coherent light beam, a de-speckling device configured to distort a wavefront of the coherent light beam to produce a distorted coherent light beam, and a two-dimensional array of light modulators that can selectively modulate the distorted coherent light beam to select a plurality of pixels for display. | 03-18-2010 |
20120134006 | METHOD FOR REDUCING SPECKLE PATTERN IN DISPLAY IMAGES - A display system includes a coherent light source that can emit a coherent light beam, a de-speckling device configured to distort a wavefront of the coherent light beam to produce a distorted coherent light beam, and a two-dimensional array of light modulators that can selectively modulate the distorted coherent light beam to select a plurality of pixels for display. | 05-31-2012 |
20130016285 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT DRIVER IC IMPLEMENTING GAMMA EXPANSION - Described herein are light emitting element driver integrated circuits (ICs), methods for use with light emitting element driver ICs, and projector systems that include a light emitting element driver IC. A light emitting element driver IC receives a color data word from the video processor IC. Starting with the color data word received from the video processor IC, the light emitting element driver IC performs a gamma expansion function to thereby produce a gamma expanded digital or analog signal. Additionally, the light emitting element driver IC outputs, in dependence on the generated gamma expanded digital or analog signal, a gamma expanded analog drive signal for driving the light emitting element. | 01-17-2013 |